DURAN DURAN RIO OZ EMI TEST PRESSING SIMON LE BON NICK RHODES ANDY TAYLOR '82NM+
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A$ 203 Sold For
Nov 8, 2020 Sold Date
Oct 29, 2020 Start Date
A$   199 Start price
2   Number Of Bids
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Description

DURAN DURAN  -  "RIO" TEST PRESSING

EXTREMELY RARE ORIGINAL AUSTRALIA VINYL LP TEST PRESSING 1982 IN ORIGINAL OUTER PAPER SLEEVE (WITH CENTRE CUT OUT / PEEP-HOLE) & THICK, QUALITY (80's) INNER PLASTIC SLEEVE ALL IN ORIG. OUTER PLASTIC SLEEVE - STORED LIKE THIS SINCE NEW.

NO COVER ISSUED.

MASTERED BY DON BARTLEY (DM)*, EMI STUDIOS 301. 

THIS TEST PRESSING IS NOT LISTED ON DISCOGS WEBSITE.

VINYL IN ARCHIVAL CONDITION, HARD TO FIND ONE BETTER THAN THIS.


Track Listing

  • A1 Rio 5:33 A2 My Own Way 4:48 A3 Lonely In Your Nightmare 3:48 A4 Hungry Like The Wolf 3:38 A5 Hold Back The Rain 3:57 B1 New Religion 5:28 B2 Last Chance On The Stairway 4:18 B3 Save A Prayer 5:32 B4 The Chauffeur 5:10


  • PERSONNEL 

  • Duran Duran
  • Simon Le Bon – lead vocals, vibraphone on "New Religion", ocarina on "The Chauffeur"
  • Nick Rhodes – keyboards, synthesizers, marimba, sound effects, backing vocals on "Last Chance on the Stairway"
  • John Taylor – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Andy Taylor – guitars, backing vocals
  • Roger Taylor – drums, percussion

Guest musician

Andy Hamilton – tenor saxophone on "Rio"



  • MATRIXES 

  • Runout (Side A hand etched): EMC 3411-A     DB*  
  • Runout (Side B hand etched): EMC 3411- B    DB*   
  • *(JOINED) DON BARTLEY
  • Mastering engineer from Australia, formerly of EMI Studios 301. With vinyl releases, he characteristically hand-etched his initials in the deadwax; the initials are characteristically rounded.


CONDITION (SEE PICS.)

RECORD  NEAR MINT to MINT, GLOSSY, LOOKS UNPLAYED, LIKE NEW, AS PRESSED

LABELS  NEAR MINT,  ALMOST LIKE NEW;  VERY MINOR FOXING SPOT, SIDE 1;   ORIG. HAND WRITTEN DETAILS WOULD HAVE BEEN DONE BY SOMEONE AT EMI AT THE TIME (1982)

INNER POLY LINER / SLEEVE  ALMOST LIKE NEW

PAPER SLEEVE  (SEE PICS. # 7 & 8)  SEEN BETTER DAYS BUT HAS DONE SUPERB JOB IN PROTECTING THIS RECORD OVER THE YEARS;  SOME FOXING SPOTS / MARKS (NO EFFECT ON RECORD WHATSOEVER, AS THERE WAS ALWAYS THE PLASTIC INNER SLEEVE BETWEEN IT & VINYL);  MINOR CREASES / WEAR 

ORIG. OUTER PLASTIC SLEEVE  STILL IN VERY GOOD / USED CONDITION 

SUPERB 1980's AUSTRALIA TEST PRESSING  /  ROCK / POP / NEW WAVE / SYNTH-POP  /  DURAN DURAN /  SIMON LE BON / NICK RHODES / ANDY TAYLOR / JOHN TAYLOR / ROGER TAYLOR / ANDY HAMILTON /  DON BARTLEY /  EMI STUDIO / STUDIOS 301  /  TEST PRESSING / VINYL / LP / RECORD  /  COLLECTABLE   IN  EXTREMELY  NICE SHAPE  AFTER  38 / THIRTY EIGHT YEARS 


WHY NOT INVEST IN COLLECTABLES ?


CHECK OUT OUR OTHER RECORDS FOR SALE AS WELL AS  VERY  COLLECTABLE CASSETTES +++


POSTAGE : PADDED ENVELOPE PLUS PROTECTIVE PACKING.

OVERSEAS - INTERNATIONAL AIR EXPRESS INCL. SIGNATURE + INSURANCE

HAPPY TO COMBINE POSTAGE FOR MULTIPLE PURCHASES.


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